These offenses must be severe and/or pervasive. This behavior is directed at you because of your gender status (because you are a woman, a man, or transgender). Someone you work with makes you the target of unwelcome sexually suggestive or demeaning comments, repeated and unwelcome requests for dates, offensive gestures, offensive touching, jokes or pranks, intimidating behaviors, or pornographic materials. Hostile work environment sexual harassment can happen in two ways: The first type is called “hostile work environment” sexual harassment, and the second is called “quid pro quo” sexual harassment. There are two types of workplace sexual harassment. In this publication, we call it “workplace sexual harassment.” It can increase employee absenteeism and turnover. It can hurt the health and well-being of workers. Sexual harassment at work is a serious problem. Sexual harassment can happen between people of the same sex or people of different sexes. Sexual harassment also happens in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
In most cases of sexual harassment, the harasser is a man and the victim is a woman, but men can be victims, too. In Washington, “gender” includes one’s sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
It is about the harasser being hostile toward the victim or abusing power over the victim because of the victim’s gender. Sexual harassment anywhere – at work, at school, on the street, etc.
